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Lleyton Hewitt #10 def. Marat Safin #14

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 8, 2004*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	1h 23m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Marat Safin
Aces	2	10
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	44	52
First serve points won %	80	69
Second serve points won %	69	63
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	74	66
Return points won %	34	26
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Marat Safin
Country	AUS	RUS
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Jan 27, 1980
Age	23	24
Height	178	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	14
Ranking points (entering)	1,945	1,425
Elo (entering)	2,024	1,841
Career W-L	564–241	395–247
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 3 – 4 Marat Safin

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 2004	R16	Tim Henman	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 2004	R32	Gustavo Kuerten	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 2004	R64	Alex Bogomolov Jr	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 2004	SF	Tommy Robredo	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 2004	R16	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 2004	R32	Jeff Morrison	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 2004	R64	Jiri Novak	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data